CIP-ESEAP

International Potato Center

Regional Office for East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific

CIP is a Future Harvest Center supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

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Sweetpotato in China: Economic Aspects and Utilization in Pig Production 

Jikun Huang, Jun Song, Fanbin Qiao and Keith O. Fuglie (2003)  

The role of sweetpotato in China’s agricultural economy is changing rapidly. Once an important food staple, sweetpotato in China is now mainly used as animal feed and as a source of starch for food and industrial products. In this paper the authors characterize the changing pattern of China's sweetpotato production and utilization ... More

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Progress in Potato and Sweetpotato Research in Indonesia 

Keith O. Fuglie (Editor: 2003)

This volume reports on recent progress in potato and sweetpotato research in Indonesia. Most of the research reported in the volume is the result of collaboration between Indonesian agricultural research institutions and the International Potato Center (CIP), one of the Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group for International ... More  (Download the e-version in pdf format)

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Secondary Farmers of Secondary Crops?  Women and Rootcrop Livelihood in the Philippines   

UPWARD (2002)       

This publication is the output of an FAO-supported project which aimed to assess roles, opportunities and constraints faced by women farmers in sustainable rootcrop livelihood, and identify implications for household food security and genetic resources conservation in the Philippines. The key questions addressed include ... More

Private Investment in Agricultural Research and International Technology Transfer in Asia  

Carl E. Pray and Keith O. Fuglie (2002)

In this volume Pray and Fuglie explore the question of future sources of technology for increasing food and agricultural production in Asia.  This region of the world is particularly appropriate for studying these questions because of the dynamic changes in population and incomes.  How much private research is there and what is it producing? ... More

Agrobiodiversity Conservation and the Role of Rural Women: Expert Consultation Report  

FAO, CIP-UPWARD and SEARCA (2002)

This consultation was organized to simultaneously address agrobiodiversity conservation and gender concerns.  Asian country experiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand served as inputs to the discussions are compiled in the report.  Key outputs included: ... More

Resources from a Study tour and Workshop on Participatory Research and Learning for IPM. Vol. 2.  (CD-Rom)

ISBN 0-9582368-0-1  

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management, PRGA, Global IPM Facility, CABI Bioscience, CIAT, IITA, SDC and DOE-IBAFFS (2002)

This CD is the outcome of joint venture of the CGIAR Systemwide IPM Program, PRGA, CIAT, the Global IPM Facility and CABI-Bioscience with co-sponsorship from SDC and support from IITA and DOE-IBAFFS, Thailand. PNRM members ... View CD contents (515 Kb in ppt format).

Resources from a Study tour and Workshop on Participatory Research and Learning for IPM.  Vol.1.  (CD-Rom)

ISBN 0-473-08334-5

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management, PRGA, Global IPM Facility, CABI Bioscience, CIAT, SDC and DOE-IBAFFS (2001)

This CD is the outcome of a joint venture of the CGIAR Systemwide IPM Program, PRGA, CIAT, the Global IPM Facility and CABI-Bioscience with co-sponsorship from SDC and support from DOE-IBAFFS, Thailand.. PNRM members ... View CD contents (518 Kb in ppt format).

Potato Marketing in North Sumatera and an Assessment of Indonesian Potato Trade

Adiyoga, W., K.O. Fuglie, and R. Suherman (2001)

This paper examines trends in potato trade in Indonesia and the system of export marketing in North Sumatera.  It is in small farms in this province in Indonesia where nearly all potatoes grown for the country's export market are produced.  To gather data and information, the authors used a rapid market appraisal methodology, including semi-structured interviews with ... More

Pig Feed Improvement through Enhanced Use of Sweet Potato Roots and Vines in Northern and Central Vietnam

Peters, D., Nguyen T. T., Thai T. M., Phan H. T., Nguyen T. Y., and Mai T. H. (2001)

Scientists from the International Potato Center (CIP) and Vietnamese collaborators from various institutions and disciplines have been working together since 1997 to improve the sweetpotato-based pig feeding systems in northern and central Vietnam.  The avenues for improving this system consist of three approaches:... More

Farmer Field School for Integrated Crop Management of Sweetpotato

Elske van de Fliert and Ann R. Braun (1999)

Sweetpotato cultivation can be highly profitable for farmers.  When market prices are high, farmers' profits double or triple compared to those from growing rice.  The relatively high yield and low production costs contribute to this profitability, but unfortunately, in many places in the world sweetpotato prices fluctuate widely ... More  (Download the e-version in pdf format)

The International Potato Center (CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweetpotato, and other root and tuber crops and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.